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mecheng
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castconcrete wrote:Hey. Should I drain both the radiator and the block before replacing the turbo coolant hoses? After draining coolant, will there still be a lot of spillage when replacing these hoses?
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Just drain the radiator, wear glasses when removing the hose.
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I only drained the radiator.



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Don't touch the plastic petcock at the bottom of the radiator.
Best is to disconnect the LOWER rad hose where it connects to the radiator.

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